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Action on Hearing Loss
Address: 19-23 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8SL
Telephone: 0808 808 0123
Text phone: 0808 808 9000
SMS: 0780 0000360
Email: informationline@rnid.org.uk
Website: www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk/
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Age Concern Eden and Carlisle
Address: Resource Centre, Sandgate, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 7TP
Email: office@accarlisleeden.org.uk
Telephone: 01768 863618
Website: www.accarlisleeden.org.uk/
Carlisle and Eden Age Concern seeks to promote the contributions older people make to society and to promote their interests, by working with and for older people in Carlisle and Eden to help make later life a fulfilling and enjoyable experience.
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Adult Social Care
Address: Cumbria County Council, Friargate, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 7NX
Telephone: 01768 812242
Website: www.cumbria.gov.uk/Landing_page/adultsocialcare.asp
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AWAZ
Email: info@awaz.info
Telephone: 01768 895242 Mobile: 07891 056902
Website: www.awazcumbria.org/
Represent black and minority ethnic (BME) people across Cumbria
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The British Dyslexia Association
Telephone: 0845 251 9002
Website: www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/
Our vision is that of a dyslexia friendly society that enables dyslexic people of all ages to reach their full potential.
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Carlisle and Eden Mind
Address: St Andrews Place, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 AU
Email: enquiries@edenmind.org.uk
Telephone: 01768 899002
Website: www.mind.org.uk/help/mind_in_your_area/35
Carlisle Eden Mind aim to promote wellbeing and support to those experiencing emotional distress, isolation and exclusion.
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Cumbria Cerebral Palsy
Address: 22 Spencer Street, Carlisle, Cumbria CA1 1BG
Email: info@cumbriacerebralpalsy.net
Telephone: 01228 527796
Website: www.cumbriacerebralpalsy.net
Cumbria Cerebral Palsy is a long established local charity working with children and adults who have Cerebral Palsy.
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Cumbria Deaf Association
Address: 3 Compton Street, Carlisle, Cumbria CA1 1HT
Email: office@deafvision.co.uk
Text phone: 01228 606432
Telephone: 01228 606434
Fax: 01228 606433
Website: www.deafvision.co.uk/
We work with and on behalf of Deaf Sign Language users, deafened, Deafblind and hard of hearing people, their families, carers, communities and the professionals who work with them.
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Cumbria Disability Network
Email cumbriadisability@tiscali.co.uk
Telephone: 0844 4140407 Mobile: 07967 487420
Website: www.equalitycumbria.org/cumbria-disability-network
Represent people with disabilities across Cumbria.
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The Disabled Living Foundation Information Service
Address: 380-384 Harrow Road, London W9 2HU
Telephone: 0207 2896111
Helpline: 0845 130 9177
Website: www.dlf.org.uk/
DLF is a national charity that provides impartial advice, information and training on daily living aids.
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Disability Rights UK
Address: 12 City Forum, 250 City Road, London EC1V 8AF
Telephone: 0207 2503222
Website: www.disabilityrightsuk.org
Disability Rights UK works to create a society where everyone with lived experience of disability or health conditions can participate equally as full citizens.
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Eden Access for All Forum
Email:edenaccessforum@hotmail.co.uk
Telephone: 01768 212268 (Eden District Council - Access and Diversity Officer)
Webpage: Eden Access for All Forum
Independent group representing people with disabilities. Meetings are bi-monthly at Penrith Town Hall and new members (disabled and non-disabled) are always welcome.
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Eden Citizens Advice Bureau
Address: 2 Sandgate, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 7TP
Telephone: 01768 863564
Opening times: see Citizens Advice Bureau.
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Eden District Council
Email: equality@eden.gov.uk
Telephone: 01768 212268
Has an Access and Diversity Officer, who deals with issues relating to equality for the Council.
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Eden MENCAP Society
Address: 19 Little Dockray, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 7QF
Email: enquiries@edenmencapsociety.co.uk
Telephone: 01768 892021
Website: www.edenmencapsociety.co.uk
We provide support and opportunities for people with a learning disability living in the Eden Valley, enabling them to lead full and valued lives.
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Eden Sight Support
Address:1 Mostyn Hall, Friargate, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 7TP
Telephone: 01768 891724
Email: info@edensightsupport.org.uk
Website: www.edensightsupport.org.uk/
Offers help and support to anyone with a visual impairment.
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Ulverscroft Large Print Books and Audio Books
Address: The Green, Bradgate Road, Anstey, Leicester, Leicestershire LE7 7SU
Telephone: 0116 2364325
Website: www.ulverscroft.com/home.php?countryCode=UK
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Large Print Books
Address: The Old Police Station, Priory Lane, Royston, Herts, SG8 9DU, UK
Website: www.largeprintbookshop.co.uk/
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The ME Association
Address: Queens Road, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN1 2NX
Telephone: 0844 576 5326
Website: http://www.meassociation.org.uk/
We provide information, support and practical advice for people who are affected by ME/CFS/PVFS (Myalgic Encephalopathy/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome), their families and carers. We also fund and support research, and offer education and training.
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The Partially Sighted Society
Address: Queens Road, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN1 2NX
Telephone: 1302 323132
Website: www.partsight.org.uk/
The Partially Sighted Society provides information, advice, equipment and clear print material for people with a visual impairment to help them to make the best use of their remaining sight. The Society can call on the skills of ophthalmologists, optometrists, lighting and rehabilitation specialists.
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OutREACH Cumbria
Email: outreachc@btinternet.com
Telephone: 07896 250662
Website: www.equalitycumbria.org/outreach-cumbria
Represent lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender (LGBT) people across Cumbria.
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Penrith & District Multi-Cultural Group
Telephone: 01768 861650 (Eden Rural Foyer)
Meet regularly at Eden Rural Foyer, Penrith. Organise events for all ages - everyone welcome.
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Penrith and District Volunteer Transport Ltd
Address: 33 Sandgate, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 7TJ
Telephone: 01768 867057
Providing a service for local people who are unable, for any reason, to use generally available forms of transport. We have a 14 seat minibus, a small wheelchair carrier and a car scheme involving use of members private cars.
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RNIB - Royal National Institute for the Blind
Address: 105 Judd Street, London WC1H 9NE
Telephone: 0303 123 9999
Website: www.rnib.org.uk
Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is the UK's leading charity offering information, support and advice to almost two million people with sight loss.
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Shelter Cumbria
Address: 226 Dalton Road, Barrow in Furness, LA14 1PN
Telephone: 0844 515 1945
Website: http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/advice_services_directory?pc=LA14+1PN
Advice on homelessness, mortgage or rent problems, disrepair, security of tenure, landlord/tenant disputes, illegal evictions, housing benefit, tenancy problems.
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The Torch Trust
Address: Torch House, Hallaton, Market Harborough, Leicestershire LE16 8UJ
Telephone: 01858 555301
Website: www.torchtrust.org/
Offers practical support to voluntary groups within Eden and promotes support and develops voluntary participation.
